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I've often been told that I'm a bit strange. I hear that pretty regularly, but it is not how I see myself.

People often expect me to be something other than what I am.

I'm actually much more shy and self-conscious than people's perception of me.

In high school, I was so painfully self-aware that how I thought of myself was probably very different from what other people thought of me. I thought of myself as just painfully awkward and dorky. I had a lot of hair and was kind of weird. I sang a lot in the hallways.

Whenever you see people talking about how real they are or how normal they are, it seems odd to have that self awareness that you could potentially not be normal.

I think people perceive me completely differently than how I perceive myself. I see myself as a sweet, cosy, motherly type. We all want people to be more glamorous and daring and adventurous than they actually are.

It's really hard to see yourself and to recognize that you are a human being like everybody else. You just think everybody's judging you.

People's perceptions of me have nothing to do with reality. I'm basically just your average dork.

I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth.

If you're asking me to compare myself to other people, I don't really know what other people are like.